One hundred and thirty years ago today, Idaho Territorial Governor Edward A Stevenson signed Council Bill number 20 creating the University of Idaho!
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1889-2019, Vandals
It was one-hundred-thirty years ago that the bill establishing the University of Idaho was signed into law by the territorial governor of Idaho. It would be October of 1892, after planning, preparation, construction and the hiring of faculty, that the U of I’s doors would open to admit six students....
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130 years ago, Vandals...
![James H. Forney [1]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/harvester/thumbs/182427733970_0_th.jpg)
The bill establishing the University of Idaho was signed into law by Idaho’s Territorial Governor Edward A. Stevenson. The first acting(translated as volunteer and non-salaried) president of the U of I was regent James H. Forney.
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Teton Mountains
Teton Mountains
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And the Nominations Are In!
Yesterday, the 91st Annual Academy Awards announced their nominations. Today, we look at the 1946 Oscar-nominated screenplay Anna and the King of Siam.
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Here's to the Band - The Jazz Legacy of Lionel Hampton
Here's to the Band: The Jazz Legacy of Lionel Hampton exhibit
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Hang on to your hats, Vandals!
![Wallace (Idaho), The Model Shop [01]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/barstock/barstock1181.jpg)
Happy National Hat Day! In celebration of the chapeau, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives tips our cap to the Model Shop in Wallace, Idaho where the fashionable lady shopped for hats in 1920.
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Who Governs Hovercraft?
Hovercrafts
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Moo to you, Vandals!
![Idaho Piebe Quality, Holstein record milk producer. University of Idaho. [205-15]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/campus/thumbs/campus00977_th.jpg)
It’s National Milk Day and University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives salutes the delightful bovine providing the cream in our coffee and milk for our cereal. Pictured below is Idaho Piebe Quality, a Holstein producing record quantities of milk from the herd kept at the Dairy Farm and...
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King of the Vibes
![King of the Vibes exhibit [1]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/harvester/thumbs/kingofthevibes_exhibit-1_th.jpg)
King of the Vibes exhibit [1]
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